More than 21,000 students, faculty, family members and friends celebrated the achievements of the Class of 2013 at UD's 164th Commencement, held Saturday, May 25, in Delaware Stadium. The ceremony included an address by global humanitarian Paul Farmer, the awarding of honorary degrees to three distinguished individuals and the conferring of associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees on more than 5,000 proud Blue Hens.

The Commencement address was delivered by Paul Farmer, a medical anthropologist and physician who has dedicated his life to improving health care for the world's poorest people. Farmer discussed the problem he has diagnosed as "EDD" or "Empathy Deficit Disorder" and how to combat it.